Show W"1 THE OGDEN (UTAH) 10 “ Uncle Ray's Corner i i Does Irak produce more oil of Irak? than any other country in Asia? A Mosul (pronounced No The crude oil or petroleimportant in a mild um of Irak amounted to 140 mil- way It was built on the right ‘ lion barrels in a recent year but Kuwait produced almost twice as much and Saudi Arabia more than doubled the amount "Kuwait by the wa is orKo-WAT- E bank of the Tigris River opposite to the location of the ancient city of Nineveh The fine cotton textile known as “muslin” was named for to have Mosul where originated At the present time Mosul Is best known as a center HCay of the nation’s oil production Did the game of chess start Q “I don’t see what that has to do In Irak? with the matter” said he A Probably not More likely chess was invented by a Persian By THORNTON W BURGESS a Secret or by a resident of India Never- Mrs Rattles Keeps -- When all is said and all is theless a crude form of chess doneknown as chatur arigam is popuA best is kept by one secret lar among the natives of Irak — Mrs Rattles Does the kingdom of Irak " Q The new home that Rattles the belong to the United Nations? Kingfisher and Mrs Rattles had A Yes been digging in the big sand pit For travel section of your that Rattles thought was too far from the nearest water was comscrapbook —UNCLE RAY pleted Rattles gave a sigh of reTomorrow: More About Irak lief as the last few grains of sand were pushed out of the doorway and trickled down the steep wall By HERSHBERGER of the pit “It really is good” declared Rattles “It would be better if it were not for that stone we had to dig around” said Mrs Rattles “I’m not sure that that stone isn’t a good thing Really it was no work to dig around it And if of Great Britain and is located on the Persian Gulf southeast of Irak In some recent years (but not all) the yearly output of crude Iran' or Persia) has been larger than that of Irak Q Have profits from the oil of Irak made life easy for the people of that country? A Hardly that but there has been help to the national treasury The country’s receipts from oil are far larger than from the oil in big date crop Q IVhat are the chief food crops of Irak besides dates? A Wheat barley rice and figs Q Is BIosul an important city FUNNY BUSINESS MOUNTAINS IU $0 PISCOURAGEImWELL PONT GYEIP ROPE ITT WLPA? MICKEY! Ito AFRAID HES PROBABIY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEVER GOING WEEGEE MOUNTAINS —AND THAT TO FIND HIM NOW! 7 WHERE UNCLE PHIL AND MRT0TTLE selves” “True” said Mrs Rattles “That is going to be a long distance for the darlings to fly for the first time when they do start for the k SEEN A SIGN OF FOR A WHILE LIFE FOR MILES? ’Congratulations son we made It! Now you can look forward to helping your own kids through college! THAT RIVERPLEASE?) MIGHT SPOT HIM A if £ irasm§¥k 1® eg U By HAM FISHER 1 f By DICK BROOKS fish-bone- I UNDERSTOOD WHATS GOING ON - IF FOR INSTANCE WHATS HE WAVING HIS ARMS FOR Every othlete should get enougl educotion so that when he wins his letter he’ll be able to read It sXV4 £ Mule Breeder Y THATS HE THIRD CASE SIGNALS WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO If i By SHERRY SIMPLE IF THE OTHER TEAM KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THEY COULD BEAT US WHY DOESNT HE JUST TELL YOU? 12 Vv V N According to records the first mule bred in the United States was bred by George Washington The jack was presented to Wash- ington by the king of Spain By MERRILL BLOSSER FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS CAN ALONG' V - everything Rattles thought it over “I don’t see what that has to do with the matter” said he “In fact it seems to me that if we have a smaller family than usual we will be better off We are going to have to do WE TAKING A PRINK! v good-size- d “Why some extra ones?” demanded Rattles “We usually have a big enough family as it is” “We Can Catch Fish” “We are a long way from w here we can catch any fish” said Mrs Rattles quite as if that explained "S ITS MUOTTLE! NOTHIN' BUT ROCKS!) j - Jm xr I HAVENT DESOLATE? Wm tra eggs” said she Tmat botts STARVE HEir THERESA LITTLE RIVER? PILOT! RY AS LOW AS 4 OKAY! LETS FOLLOW JHAT IS 1 water So something might happen to some of them on the way? If this should be the case we famwould still have a K1 out into the Great ily to send lllNnfMhMMytt' World “I still think a small family would be better” said Rattles and JOE PALOOKA took to his wings He was hungry V WE ARREDOY GOT and he was going fishing LET’S SING TH which MAKES IM BACH’LERS ANONIMUSS A PRESIDUNT Mrs Rattles watched him out KNOBBY'S MAD MCA! TftOUBLB ER-- YOU’D BE A POIFICK SONG PER KNOBBY WIT' DAMES THAN ALL OF YA of sight then went into the new ' TYPE F6R ELECTED PUT T'GETHER was a home in the bank It long THIS CLUB hall with a turn in it around the big stone' that Jed to the snug bedroom or nursery It was more than 10 feet from the doorway to the bedroom and that was a long distance to dig Mrs with only bills for tools Rattles pretended to make a bed on which to lay the eggs It wasn’t much of a nest compared with what some of the feathered folk make for their babies All that Mrs Rattles covered the sandy floor with were s and a few small THE JACKSON TWINS a few sticks and straws On this rough bed she laid her white eggs during the next few days She wouldn’t let Rattles in He didn’t know how many eggs she had laid That was her secret and she kept it Rattles wasn’t too interested He had affairs of his own that kept him busy The next is More we should have an unwelcome Than Luck story: Fishing visitor they probably wouldn’t 1955 T W Burgess) try to go farther than that stone (Copyright said Rattles “I hope we have made the nursery big enough” said Mrs Rattles “It is as big as usual and that ought to be sufficient Are you thinking that we need extra HOOK SLIDER room?” said Rattles Mrs Rattles had a dreamy look AT 10 ENJOY’ IT MORE in her eyes “I may lay some ex- s' It is a small protectorate 'is By LANK LEONARD IF HE ISOPIN THESE an awful lot of flying anyway In order to teed the children until they can get to the water them- Irak's Oil Surpasses Dates in Value mo-SOOL)- MICKEY FINN Stories Burgess JUNE 9 1933 THURSDAY EVENING STANDARD-EXAMINE- R i P S2— DIXIE DUGAN By McEVOY and STRIEBEL tw SHALL wo 5UB$S HE CAMS DOWN Cv OKVNILD-MAN-VYYAT- T VIE? — ANO-G- '" v COME w&Oer ‘ ET &' xjl & RED RYDER IS WO 5s ojtjak- - iMfS i riiOM By FRED HARMAN VmAT riWJCXJTUw'5 ARSYClNOI JAH THE T&aP Frontier Scout DAN'L HALE NO 'NO Nor TWO THAT OR LOVE&SCS m3GOOP-W- E THAT' WILL WOLF "IDANId FORKS OF THE YELLOWSTONE By NORMAN MARSH THE SW AND BIG HORN RIVERS SEE THE WINTER CAMP OF THE MISSOURI FOR COMA LITTLE TRAVEL FTLY-ANP- AT ANYS TKUPrtttfiED BY JMMEL JOUES) m- - By V T HAMLIN ALLEY OOP &rm By ALFRED ANDRIOLA KERRY DRAKE THE ONLY ONE WITH THE YI60N AND COURAGE TO BRING MAN TO THE ULTIMATE COMPLETENESS OF HI5 BIOLOGICAL DESTINY REX MORGAN M D J A STEADY CUSTOMER BUT AT THESE PRICES HOW LONS CAN BUY? 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